Global Innovation Strategy

Overview

This programme aims to improve Australia’s international innovation and science collaboration.

The programme is comprised of the following initiatives: 1. Landing Pads- Designed to provide market-ready startups with a short-term (90 day) operational base located in one of five global innovation hotspots. - Five Landing Pads will be established. San Francisco and Tel Aviv are operational with, Berlin, Shanghai and Singapore to be launched soon. - A total funding pool of $11.2 million is allocated for this initiative. - The 2018-19 closing dates are:a) Round 1: 8 October 2018b) Round 2: 8 February 2019c) Round 3: 20 May 2019

2. Global Connections Fund - Aims to enable Australian small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) and researchers to explore collaboration projects with international partners in industries of strategic growth in Australia. - There are two types of grants under the Fund: a) Priming Grants are small grants of around $7,000 to enable Australian SMEs and Australian researchers to meet and collaborate with international partners to further develop their ideas. Application opened 5 February and closed 19 February 2018. There will be no Priming Grant round in 2019.b) Bridging Grantsare follow-on grants of up to $50,000 designed as seed funding capital to enable viable projects to grow in scope and scale, test commercialisation and proof-of-concept activities. Application opens 3 June and closes 17 June 2019, 5pm AEST.- A total funding pool of $4.9 million is allocated for this Fund.

3. Global Innovation Linkages Programme- Seeks to assist Australian businesses and researchers to collaborate with global partners on strategically focused, leading-edge research and development projects.- A total funding pool of $16.5 million, with up to $1 million per grant over a maximum of four years is available.- Available biennially. Current round closed on 14 November 2018, 5pm AEDT.